Re: Can't Remove Files
On 10/24/07, Telly Williams <twilliams001@elp.rr.com> wrote:
> My plan was to put all of the programs that I wanted to manually
> install (compile) after I reinstalled the OS onto the usb
You did say "reinstalled" - was the OS installed on the *same*
partition as the program files you wanted to use? Are you sure the
partition is vfat now? (vfat isn't a good idea for files that may be
used in linux - especially as installation files - it simply needs
permissions to work.
> looked like: ????????.??, etc. When I tried to delete them I
> got a "cannot lstat" error along with a "read-only" explanation.
Seems like filesystem corruption.
> Telly Williams
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